Basket cart



April 3, 1928. 1,665,151

. 4. E. WILLIAMS BASKET CART Filed Sept. 1, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ezm'ezrwzzm INVENTOR J. E. WILLIAMS I BASKET CART- Filed Sept. 1. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented Apr. 3,1928. 7

JESSIE ETHYL WILLIAMS, OEPERRSLQFKLAHOMA; I I

llpplicatioii liled septeinber 1," 1926." Serial No. 133,068;

' This inventionrelates broadly to 'wheeled vcarriers or trucks; andfhas for its object the provision of a novelcart of a l asket-l1kev formation equipped with rollers or wheels and so, constructed and arranged as to hold 1 a clothes basket'whereby the basket may be readily transported from place to place withoutany undue effort on the part of the oper'ator, thedevice being particularly well dei signedfforjuse ,laundries 101' other" places and by housewives and others when. clothes aI'et-aken from the place where they are laun- Qdered into a-yard or other place where they are to be hung for'cdrying purposes, the ready portability of. the device making it unnecessary tor the'operator to actually carry the "clothes" basket from place tofplacefor to drag it along theground, as is necessary under ordlnary circumstances.

Another object of the invention is' to pro-V. vide a device of this character whlch in addition to possessing the above mentioned adivantages will hold the clothes basket or other 1 in which:- Figure-1 is a perspective viewjof the'de-' v V vice in setup or in operat ve positlon,

' container at a higher position {than if it rested directly on the ground so that it will be"'unnecessary, for the user or operator to stoop so far in' pickingup the various articles to be removed from the 'basket'or other container and-hung upon the line.-, A further ob'ect is to provide a Wheeled fcarrierof'a frame construction equipped with a removable fabric lining to'serve as-a clothes basket'there being also pockets for carrying clothes pins, fine: pieces to be handled; etc; a

additional objeetis the provisionof a [device of this character which, is readily ca- "pable of being folded into compact-form so "as to be capable of ready storage'in a very little space, as for instance behind'adoor-or the like.

a general improvement in the 'ment and combination of'parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and

m any g drawi illustrated in the while the other membe latch members 22 and 23 "tively, upon one member l0 FigureQ elevation thereof the set 5 up position being shown by fu'll lines and the foldedpo'sition being-shown dotted fines; 1

Figure 4 is a the pockets. r p Referring more particularly t the drawings, I'have shown the device ascomprifsing a collapsible ,frame structure including a pair ofcurved rear in crossed relation as indicated at 11 and provided: at one end 1 with suitably'fjournal'ed wheels or rollers12 The deviCefii'rther includes ifro nt leg members 13 and '14,

leg members 10 pivoted the former of which is similar tothe mem I berslO and provided with a suitably jourr j'naled'roller'or wheel 15; and the latterof which is of somewhat .difierent' construction .inas1nuchas it is shorterand unprovi'ded i i 'with ajwheel orroller. The

14m 7 cated at ,16 and mounted at the pivot point is a yoke or clevi'sgl7 within "Whichis. pivmembers 13 and pivoted 1n crossed relation as :1ndiv a oted, at 18, "a suitable operating handle' l9 I I provided for the purpose of drawing. the

' device along the ground or othersurfacea 13 are connected by The -members' 1'05 and suitable longitudinally extending fbars 20 r 10 and member 14 are connected by similarbars 21f secured theretoin any desired'manner.

For holding the -device in setup; position as indicated in Figure-1, usefis made o '14: as indicated at 24 and 25a-nd having their free ends notched assho'wn at 26 forengagement-with headedstuds 2701 the like carried by the other member '10'and'the member 13, Obviouslyfwhen-these Iat'c h Inempivoted, resPegandthe member v bers are 'in'engagement with the studs, the. I

device will be held in' the setup' position disclosedin Figure 1 so astobecapableof taining clothes or otlger'articles. a y a .In the use ofthedevice,j'it will beseen'th at when it is carryingabasket or 'other receptacle the operator maydraw itabout freadily by means of the handle 19, this "beingfamuch 1 supporting a basket or other receptacleconeasier procedur'e'thancarrying' a' loaded clothes basket about" fromplace to place in a yard or other place where clothes are being hung. When use of the device is not desired, it is readily apparent thatl the latch' V 4 igure is *a p'erspect1ve view'of the rem v b n g, y. L 1 perspective, v ew of one of 7 suspension elements carried by the frame,

and a flexible receptacle engaged Within the frame andsuspended from said suspension 1 elements, suspension elements mounted on V the outside of the frame, and detachable 1o pocket members of flexible material suspended from last named suspension elements. 6. A device of the character described comv prising a'frame including reversely curved end members connected by longitudinally extending bars and pivoted in crossed relation,

the members at one end being equipped With 7 rollers and one member at the other end being equipped With a roller, and a handle pivotally mounted at said second named end, hooks on the inside of the frame, other hooks on the outside of the frame, a receptacle of flexible material disposable Within the frameand having eyelets engageable upon the first named hooks, the ends of said receptacle'havi 25 ing hems, rods engageable through the heme andthrough openings 'in'the frame, and flexible pocket devices located-outvvardlvof the v I 3 '7 frame and having eyelets engageable upon the second named hooks.

In testimony whereof I affiii mysignature.

MRSQJESSIE ETI IYL WILLIAMS. 

